.::::: Lizards of the World - Gekkota - Matoatoa :::::.
Last update: 5 April, 2004

In Madagascar only a single species of Phyllodactylus was known, then in 1998 Nussbaum et al. revised the species and came to the conclusion that two species were present in Madagascar and that they were to be considered a separate genus endemic to the island.

Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)

Distribution: Madagascar.

Matoatoa spannringi Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Distribution: Madagascar.

Literature
Bauer, A.M., D.A. Good & W.R. Branch. 1997. The Taxonomy of the Southern African Leaf-Toed Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a Review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the Description of Five New Genera. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 49(14): 447-497.
Glaw, F. & M. Vences. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second edition. Vences & Glaw Verlags GbR, Köln, 480 pp.
Nussbaum, R.A., C.J. Raxworthy & O. Pronk. 1998. The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-Toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 186: 1-26.
Rösler, H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp.